Friday, 29 August 2014

And now his Ecuadorian watch is ended.

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I have bid adieu for now to Ecuador.  If you would like to follow my continuing adventures (this time in Spanish North Africa) go to: http...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

An Ecuadorian Legend - La Dama Tapada (The Veiled Lady)

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It was the year of our lord seveteen hundred and I was recent arrived in the Most Noble and Most Loyal City of St James of Guayaquil, on...
Sunday, 24 November 2013

Of Death, Design and Cuenca's Independence Day: Part the Third (3rd November, 2013: Snapshots from the 193rd Anniversary of Cuenca's Declaration of Independence)

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  It is dusk and whilst strolling along the riverside of the Rio Tomebamba in central Cuenca I am drawn in by the anti-hubbub you get...
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Friday, 22 November 2013

Of Death, Design and Cuenca's Independence Day: Part the Second (We Do Not Want A Tyrant King)

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In my last post I regaled you with tales of the Ecuadorian Day of the Deceased , which takes place on the 2nd of November.  But the Day of t...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Of Death, Design and Cuenca's Independence Day: Part the First (Lest They Should Die the Social Death)

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One of my students waves me over into the corner of the class with a conspiratorial air.  She is holding a small object concealed in a n...
Friday, 8 November 2013

Cuenca: Bounty, Beauty and Bureaucracy - Part IV (Signed in Triplicate)

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In Spanish there is a word, 'trámite', which means 'an act or process of bureaucracy'.  There is also another, somewhat l...
Monday, 28 October 2013

Cuenca: Bounty, Beauty, Blood and Bureaucracy - Part III (Parklife)

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A young boy, barely 18 years of age, stands tall, holding a banner aloft.  He is 3500m above sea level, on the side of a ...